Drones to be used to shift logistics in hostile areas | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Drones, that are generally pressed into service for surveillance and anti-sabotage exercises, are now being used by security agencies to shift their logistics in hostile terrains where it takes a lot of time.
Now that the government allowed drones to shift more than 300 kilograms of payloads, officials want to use it in terrains like hillocks and in borders where shifting of logistics is difficult and time consuming. Different central security agencies are in discussion with drone developers to procure drones only for the movement of logistics.
The officials gave the mandate and it is now for the drone developers to manufacture weather resistant heavy drones, which are suitable for hostile terrains.
“This is mainly considered to cut down the travel time and man power. In a hillock area, reaching the destination is highly time consuming but a drone can overcome this problem,” a sources involved in the discussion with a premier security agency told TOI. It will take at…